January 27, 2022
Company name: ES-CON JAPAN Ltd.
Representative: Takatoshi Ito, President &Representative Director(TSE 1st Section, code: 8892)
Inquiries:
Minoru Nakanishi,Senior Managing Director
Tel:+81-3-6230-9308

Notice of Partial amendment of the Articles of Association
ES-CON JAPAN Ltd. (ES-CON JAPAN) announced a resolution passed at today’s board of directors’
meeting to propose a partial amendment (described below) of the Articles of Association at the 27th
regular general meeting of shareholders to be held on March 25, 2022.
Partial amendment of the Articles of Association1.

Reasons for amendment of the Articles of Association
The revised provisions of the proviso to Article 1 of the Additional Provisions to the Act Partially
Amending the Companies Act (Act No. 70 of 2019) will take effect on September 1, 2022. ES-CON
JAPAN will amend the Articles of Association as follows in preparation to adopt the system ofelectronic provision of documents for General Meetings of Shareholders:(1) Amended Article 17, Paragraph 1 stipulates that the Company shall electronically provide
information concerning the nature of the reference documents for General Meetings ofShareholders and similar materials provided to shareholders.
(2) Amended Article 17, Paragraph 2 establishes provisions limiting the scope of items included indocuments issued to shareholders who request printed documents.
(3) Existing provisions on Internet disclosure and deemed provision of reference documents for
General Meetings of Shareholders and similar materials provided to shareholders (the current
Article 17) will cease to apply and will be duly abolished.
(4) Additional provisions will be established regarding effective dates and other matters inaccordance with the new and abolished provisions.

2.

Nature of amendment
The nature of the amendment is indicated below.
Current Articles of Association(Underlined passages indicate changes.)
Proposed amendment

Articles 1–16 (text omitted)

Articles 1–16 (unchanged)

Article 17. Internet disclosure and deemed
provision of reference documents for General
Meetings of Shareholders and similarmaterials provided to shareholders
When convening a General Meeting ofShareholders, the Company may disclose inadvance information to be indicated or
represented in reference documents for
General Meetings of Shareholders, business
reports, financial statements, andconsolidated financial statements via theInternet, in accordance with the provisions of
Ministry of Justice ordinances, and this shallbe deemed as provision to shareholders.

(Abolished)1Current Articles of Association

Proposed amendment(New)

Article 17. Measures for the electronic provisionof information
1. When convening a General Meeting ofShareholders, the Company shall provide inadvance to shareholders by electronic means
information concerning the nature of thereference documents for General Meetings ofShareholders and similar materials provided
to shareholders.
2. The Company may omit from documents
issued to shareholders who request printed
documents by the basis date of their voting
rights some or all of the items disclosed
electronically and stipulated in Ministry ofJustice ordinances.

Articles 18–37 (text omitted)

Articles 18–37 (unchanged)

(New)

3.

(Additional provisions)
1. The abolition of the previous Article 17(Internet disclosure and deemed provision ofreference documents for General Meetings ofShareholders and similar materials provided
to shareholders ) and the establishment of thenew Article 17 (Measures for the electronic
provision of information) shall take effect on
September 1, 2022 (“effective date”
hereinafter), the effective date of the revised
provisions of the proviso to Article 1 of theAdditional Provisions to the Act Partially
Amending the Companies Act (Act No. 70 of2019).
2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, theprevious Article 17 (Internet disclosure anddeemed provision of reference documents for
General Meetings of Shareholders and similarmaterials provided to shareholders ) shallremain in effect for the General Meetings ofShareholders held within six months following
the effective date.
3. These additional provisions shall beabolished as of the date six months following
the effective date or three months following
the date of the General Meetings ofShareholders described in the preceding
paragraph, whichever comes later.

ScheduleThe (planned) schedule for amendment of the Articles of Association is shown below.
Date of resolution of the board of directors
January 27, 2022
Date of the regular general meeting of shareholders
March 25, 2022 (planned)
Effective date of amendment of the Articles of Association March 25, 2022 (planned)2